Example sentences of "make [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Though you did make rather a big dent in my dignity . |
| 2 | But it would make rather a lovely weekend home . ’ |
| 3 | I know that I shall make only a small start before Christmas , so perhaps I can take the opportunity afforded by this Newsletter to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a good New Year . |
| 4 | Observers commented that the modifications would make only a token difference to the King 's real power . |
| 5 | But it will make only a marginal difference to the stagnant housing market . |
| 6 | This is because the profit function before the change must have been horizontal at the optimum , so a small change in the optimum price will make only a marginal difference to the firms ' profits . |
| 7 | But his following definitions of the value of reading are close to my own convictions : ‘ reading , as we ought to teach it , can make not a good person , but a subtle , questioning one , always with the possibility of corruption yet richer and more enriching . ’ |
| 8 | She could make just a small detour … |
| 9 | However , it does not make just a single prediction for the universe . |
| 10 | You have to say you ca n't do that I 'll make up a new game to play . |
| 11 | Therefore what is now called corporate this other income is the erm basically head office cost , there 's things like profits on from our captive insurance er dividends which we did n't have it in fact last year we did the year before from Blackpool land , small profits from the sale of some shares at Fair and other odds and ends which I erm really do n't make up a great deal . |
| 12 | The things which came out in therapy did not make up a complete , finished jigsaw , as I might have imagined . |
| 13 | Using a wedding bouquet as an example , and assuming that you are either attending the function or collecting the bouquet afterwards , you should make up a simple box , such as the one shown in the photograph . |
| 14 | Conversely , if you are building up to a competition and wish to greatly increase your fitness and endurance , the FDR should be very intense and should make up a large part of your training . |
| 15 | Okay , let's have a break er if you can come back reasonably quickly er we can make up a few seconds . |
| 16 | If there is a clear pause ( silence ) between ‘ John ’ and ‘ is it you ’ , then according to the definition of an utterance given in the last chapter , there are two utterances ; however , it is quite likely that a speaker would say ‘ John is it you ’ with no pause , so that the four syllables would make up a single utterance . |
| 17 | It follows that we can not make up a square matrix X of eigenvectors to satisfy ( 8 ) ; for this reason the matrix B is said to be defective . |
| 18 | They do make up a minor genre : the expedition into Darkest Britain , as trekked by George Orwell and a trickle of disciples up to , and including , the Belfast writer and photographer team of Robert McLiam Wilson and Donovan Wylie , who publish The Dispossessed ( Picador ) this week . |
| 19 | You could make up a whole story . |
| 20 | We still need to make sure that there will be a goodly number participating so if there is any way you can make up a last minute table do n't hesitate to contact either Cecilia or Hilda . |
| 21 | Diplomats believe Mr Sevan tried to accelerate the decision on who would make up an interim council to replace Mr Najibullah . |
| 22 | I expect to find rich pickings in the Ministry of Defence , with its townships , its airfields , its office blocks , its country houses , its sailors ' hostel in South Kensington and its acreage of land which would make up an English county . |
| 23 | ‘ Clegg will make about a hundred thousand , ’ said Peter Sidey , ‘ if his application goes through . |
| 24 | You must make about a hundred times more than you need . |
| 25 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
| 26 | Could n't make out a damn thing from either one of them . |
| 27 | The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door . |
| 28 | The cloth inside muffled the noise , but when he got close to the window he could make out a human voice . |
| 29 | Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat . |
| 30 | And now it was out of its glass frame he could make out a faded signature at the bottom : |